MitchReef
Well-Known Member
I have avoided starting a tank thread here because I know I have nothing compared to most of the tanks featured here. When I met the Rev and his Lady at MACNA they said I should, so here goes.
I put a majority of this system together by DIY, senond-hand and other people's throw aways. I will start with a quick overview of the hardware. I hope this isn't too boring, but here goes.
It is a 75G ADA, end drilled with a DIY overflow wall and a modified Herbie overflow. The stand holds a 10G ADA with homemade perforated wall and double drilled for overflow to the sump. The 10G is a dedicated fuge, up on a little stand. Lighted with a CF Floodlight and cooled with a cheap clamp-on fan. The fuge spills into a Rubbermaid sump holding an Ebo-Jager 250W heater and a Reef-Octopus 110NW skimmer. The overflow goes through a common pipe with a valved branch to the fuge and the rest to the fuge. Return duties are taken care of by a BlueLine 1100 GPH pump.
In the tank I have a Koralia 4 and a Koralia Evolution 1050. I will eventually replace the K4 with another Evo1050. I have two old Hagen powerheads working against the Evo on a wavemaker. Lighting is two MH's, one 250W Phoenix bulb and the other a 150W Phoenix. They are supplemented with a pair of Geisemann Actinic + T5HO's in "the good reflectors".
The hood and stand are completely enclosed and I don't have a chiller so I had to get creative. I ducted a top mounted fan down to the waterlevel and it comes in opposite to the return flow. I added a little squirrel cage fan exhausting from the hood. This gives me right about 3 1/2 gallons a day of evaporation, leading to just over 36000 BTU of cooling. Topoff is maintained by my DIY relay operated ATO kicking an Aqualifter. All the ballasts and lighting timers are on the roof for heat exclusion.
Pictures will start in the next post.
I put a majority of this system together by DIY, senond-hand and other people's throw aways. I will start with a quick overview of the hardware. I hope this isn't too boring, but here goes.
It is a 75G ADA, end drilled with a DIY overflow wall and a modified Herbie overflow. The stand holds a 10G ADA with homemade perforated wall and double drilled for overflow to the sump. The 10G is a dedicated fuge, up on a little stand. Lighted with a CF Floodlight and cooled with a cheap clamp-on fan. The fuge spills into a Rubbermaid sump holding an Ebo-Jager 250W heater and a Reef-Octopus 110NW skimmer. The overflow goes through a common pipe with a valved branch to the fuge and the rest to the fuge. Return duties are taken care of by a BlueLine 1100 GPH pump.
In the tank I have a Koralia 4 and a Koralia Evolution 1050. I will eventually replace the K4 with another Evo1050. I have two old Hagen powerheads working against the Evo on a wavemaker. Lighting is two MH's, one 250W Phoenix bulb and the other a 150W Phoenix. They are supplemented with a pair of Geisemann Actinic + T5HO's in "the good reflectors".
The hood and stand are completely enclosed and I don't have a chiller so I had to get creative. I ducted a top mounted fan down to the waterlevel and it comes in opposite to the return flow. I added a little squirrel cage fan exhausting from the hood. This gives me right about 3 1/2 gallons a day of evaporation, leading to just over 36000 BTU of cooling. Topoff is maintained by my DIY relay operated ATO kicking an Aqualifter. All the ballasts and lighting timers are on the roof for heat exclusion.
Pictures will start in the next post.
